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Assault Suits Valken: Declassified review

Robert Allen — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 13:28:16 +0000

The sixteen-bit mecha classic receives the premium M2 treatment. 1992’s Assault Suits Valken was one of the first games to truly capture the sensation of piloting a hulking mecha. Across a succession of seven stages, the game’s eponymous Assault Suit stormed through environments swarming with enemies and gun turrets. Sure, Pacific States’ Marine Corps pilot ...

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SD Gundam Battle Alliance review

Robert Allen — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:34:53 +0000

SD Gundam Battle Alliance offers an enormous cross-section of Mobile Suits culled from Gundam history, placing them in engaging fictionalized and canonical battles. If you’re not an ardent fan of the property yet, Artdink’s effort might just convert you. Mecha has a lengthy history in Japan, dating back to Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go. ...

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Wing of Darkness review

Robert Allen — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:53:02 +0000

Too often, when games depict war, the focus in on battlefield heroics. While Wing of Darkness mechanized battles fills the bulk of playtime, the developers understand that context can be just as important as combat. With Unreal Engine 4-powered visuals that render gorgeous environments, eye-catching mechs, and massive enemy airwings, it’s easy to mistake Wing ...

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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries review

Robert Allen — Sat, 29 May 2021 00:13:45 +0000

There are a scant number of mech simulations on the market and even fewer that get the essentials right. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has a few blemishes, but collectively they’re not bothersome enough to dilute the impact of piloting a massive, walking war machine. When one of your most beloved toys was a giant plastic robot ...

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MECHBLAZE review

Robert Allen — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:29:06 +0000

Doujin circle ASTROPORT delivers another gratifying run-and-gun with the PC release of MECHBLAZE. Sure, it’s a bit iterative, building on their past successes. But it’s hard to fault responsive controls, an inventory of weapons, and screens filled with explosions. While many players are tempted by the new Xbox Series S/Xs and PlayStation 5s, I’m still ...

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Daemon X Machina review

Robert Allen — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 19:09:26 +0000

Mecha Exodus Not long ago, mech-based games were exceedingly prevalent. Franchises like MechWarrior, Armored Core, Zone of the Enders, Steel Battalion, and Titanfall let players live out their futuristic fantasies. Each provided the opportunity to pilot a hulking robot capable of cleaving through legions of adversaries. But over the ensuing years, interests seemingly have waned, ...

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War Tech Fighters (Switch) review

Robert Allen — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:20:06 +0000

When it comes to depicting massive mechanized robotic suits, gaming has delivered a wide assortment of adaptations. From Software’s seemingly lapsed Armored Core series focused on the customizability of its mecha, with players swapping a multitude of modular components across an array of missions. Capcom’s Steel Battalion conveyed the complexity of controlling a hulking, bipedal ...

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Project Nimbus Complete Edition review

Robert Allen — Fri, 24 May 2019 04:29:29 +0000

Save for Neon Genesis Evangelion’s tormented protagonist Ikari Shinji, many of us have an insatiable longing to pilot mecha. Rooted in the thrill of commandeering hulking military machinery outfitted with machine guns and homing missiles, games are one of the few outlets for indulging this power fantasy. With the release of Project Nimbus Complete Edition ...

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